Students mapping lava flow

Planetarium

The new Cejka Planetarium in Kopchick Hall is a digital planetarium 35 feet in diameter. It is used extensively for educational outreach as well as in undergraduate instruction, both for introductory astronomy courses and in classes for Earth and Space Science teaching majors.

Anthropology, Geospatial and Earth Sciences Statement on Race and Diversity

The Anthropology, Geospatial and Earth Sciences Department is committed to combating racism through fostering inclusive and welcoming spaces for diverse students, and fostering student learning outcomes that expand the understanding of race: particularly, that race is not a biological reality, but that race and racism are cultural and social constructs that intersect with social class and other forms of social positionality to produce harm for people of color in our society and globally.

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News

Free Planetarium Show Celebrating Centennial of the Planetarium, May 7

Ken Coles will present “The Centennial of the Planetarium!” a planetarium show celebrating 100 years since the first planetarium opened to the public in Germany. The show will review a few of the things a planetarium can show, along with recent discoveries from the Webb space telescope and the Bennu asteroid sample return.

Archaeology Graduate Students Win Awards at Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology

Five IUP archaeology graduate students from the Department of Anthropology, Geospatial and Earth Sciences received awards and scholarships at the ninety-fourth annual meeting of the Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology.

Geographers Participate in Association of American Geographers Conference

Kevin Patrick and John Benhart, of the Anthropology, Geospatial and Earth Sciences Department,  attended the National Association of American Geographers conference in March 2025.

AGES Students Participate and Win Awards at IUP Scholars Forum

The Anthropology, Geospatial and Earth Sciences Department had 56 students who presented at the twentieth annual IUP Scholars Forum on April 9, 2025. They gave both oral and poster presentations, and two applied archaeology graduate students participated in the Three-Minute Thesis Competition.

Archaeology Graduate Students Present Research at Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology

IUP archaeology graduate students from the Department of Anthropology, Geospatial and Earth Sciences traveled to Dubois, Pennsylvania, to present their work at the ninety-fourth annual meeting of the Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology.